Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Krīḍā- Making Indian Games Cool! A conversation with authors of ‘The Games India Plays’

Education for New India, Insightful Conversations, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Samvād: The Book Series

Date: June 21, 2022 Venue: Online In 1949 when the Ashram journal “Bulletin d’Éducation Physique” was started by the Mother, Sri Aurobindo gave a message to the Journal and the Association —J.S.A.S.A. (Jeunesse Sportive de l’Ashram de Sri Aurobindo). In this message, Sri Aurobindo wrote about the wide-ranging significance and necessity of sports, games and […]

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‘Anubhuti’ Valedictory Address by Dr. Beloo Mehra

BhāratShakti Talks, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: June 12, 2022 On June 12, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to deliver the valedictory address at Anubhuti, a residential retreat organised by Sri Aurobindo’s Action in Pondicherry. This 3-day retreat organised from June 10-12 primarily focused around the themes of Sadhana and living an integral life. Participants primarily included aspirants who have been

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Self-development for Student-teachers: An online workshop for M.Ed. students

Courses and Study Groups, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Date: June 9, 2022 Venue: Online Dr. Beloo Mehra from BhāratShakti was invited by the Dean, School of Education at Pondicherry University to design and offer a one-day online workshop for the students enrolled in Master’s of Education programme at the university. These students are preparing to be teachers of tomorrow. The workshop was part

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Bringing Indian Culture in Schools: An Educationist’s Experience and Insights

Education for New India, Insightful Conversations, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: May 21, 2022 Venue: Online One of the greatest secrets revealed by the Indian spiritual knowledge is that only when a human being finds and lives from the inner self, can he or she most embrace the universal being and become one with it. Only when one becomes truly independent, self-possessed and self-ruler (swarāt, master

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Seminar – Toward a New India: Prospects and Challenges

Conferences and Seminars, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: May 26, 2022 Venue: Pondicherry University In continuation of the Sri Aurobindo Society’s celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of India’s independence, and as part of the Bhārata Shakti Exhibition event, a half-day seminar was held on May 26th at Sri Aurobindo Society campus. The seminar’s theme was –

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Inauguration of Bhārata Shakti Exhibition

Exhibitions, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Past Event: Inauguration of Bhārata Shakti Exhibition Date: May 20, 2022 Watch a brief video capturing some key moments from the exhibition inauguration HERE. As part of Sri Aurobindo Society’s ongoing celebrations of 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo and 75th year of Indian Independence, a poster- exhibition titled ‘Bhārata Shakti – Mother India, a

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Learner as a soul-in-evolution and Dharma-centric Education

BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: May 6, 2022 Recording of the talk available HERE. On May 6, 2022, Dr. Beloo Mehra was invited to deliver an online talk as part of the YES Talks. YES – Yoga, Education and Spirituality – is an initiative started by Dr. Ramesh Bijlani of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Delhi Branch, based on the idea

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An Orientation Programme for Pondicherry University School of Education

Courses and Study Groups, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Date: April 29, 2022 Venue: Sri Aurobindo Society On April 29, 2022, a group of 38 university students and research scholars visited Sri Aurobindo Society for a 2-hour orientation programme. The group included M.Ed. students from School of Education, Pondicherry University and from NIEPMD (National Institute for Empowerment of Persons with Multiple Disabilities). The visit

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The Timeless Tradition of Storytelling – An Art that Educates, Inspires and Elevates

Education for New India, Insightful Conversations, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: April 21, 2022 Venue: Online For this month’s Insightful Conversation, we speak with Ms. Deepa Kiran, an award-winning storyteller of international repute. She share with us some thoughts and perspectives on how storytelling can be a powerful means to entertain, educate, inspire and elevate. Ms. Kiran is the founder of Hyderabad-based Story Arts Foundation,

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Workshop: Cultivating Character and Inner Beauty through Arts in Education

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, Conferences and Seminars, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Dates: March 12-13, 2022 Aurovidya Seminar: NEP 2020 and Integral Education Title of the Workshop: Cultivating Character and Inner Beauty through Arts in Education Designed and conducted by: Dr. Beloo Mehra, SAS and Ms. Jayashree Ashok, Creative School, Bengaluru As part of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations, the Hyderabad-based Institute of Human Study and

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Reimagining Tales from Purāna-s and Itihāsa-s: A Writer’s Journey of Engaging with Epic Heroines

Education for New India, Insightful Conversations, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Samvād: The Book Series

Date: February 21, 2022 Venue: Online Over the long march of time and despite all the ebbs and flows in India’s cultural landscape, one remarkable facet of the Indian literary mind – a mind that has immersed itself in the literature that expresses the eternal spirit of India – can never be missed. It keeps

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Antaryatra: An Artist’s Journey Within

Art and Spirituality, Insightful Conversations, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: January 21, 2022 “All great artistic work proceeds from an act of intuition, not really an intellectual idea or a splendid imagination,—these are only mental translations,—but a direct intuition of some truth of life or being, some significant form of that truth, some development of it in the mind of man.”(Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, Vol. 20,

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Cultivating Inner Beauty through Arts in Education – An Overview of the Workshop

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, Conferences and Seminars, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti, Workshops

Date: January 8, 2022 As part of Sri Aurobindo’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations, Institute of Human Study and Sri Aurobindo International School, Hyderabad organized Aurovidya Seminar, a 2-day workshop plus seminar exploring the integration of New Education Policy 2020 and Integral Education as envisaged by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. This intensive program was scheduled

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A Creative Gurukul for a New Age

Education for New India, Insightful Conversations, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Date: October 21, 2021 Venue: Online “The aim of education is not to prepare a man to succeed in life and society, but to increase his perfectibility to its utmost.”  (The Mother, CWM, Vol. 12, p. 120) For this month’s Insightful Conversation section, we are happy to bring a deeply inspiring conversation on a topic close

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Art that Refines, Heals and Transforms: Insights from the Practice of Integral Education

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

As a follow-up to the session held on August 31, 2021 on “Role of Art and Beauty in Vital Education”, another session was organised on September 7, 2021 by the School of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, and Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center, Auro University, Surat in which Dr. Beloo Mehra from BhāratShakti engaged in

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Role of Art and Beauty in Vital Education

Art and Spirituality, BhāratShakti Talks, Education for New India, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

On August 31, 2021, Dr. Beloo Mehra from BhāratShakti, Sri Aurobindo Society was invited by Auro University and Sri Aurobindo Integral Life Center, Surat, to speak on the topic – “Role of Art and Beauty in Vital Education.” This webinar was organised as part of the University’s Lecture and Workshop Series, Part II of the

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Revisiting Nation, Nationalism and Culture in the Light of Sri Aurobindo

BhāratShakti Talks, Past Works, Re-awakening the Bhārata Shakti

Watch the recording of the talk HERE. On August 15th, 2021, Dr. Beloo Mehra from BhāratShakti delivered a special lecture titled “Revisiting Nation, Nationalism and Culture in the Light of Sri Aurobindo” at an event organised by Sri Aurobindo Study Centre, Faculty of Arts at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in association with the

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